I am planning to create a bot that would allow people to tag posts or content they want to get fact checked. The idea is this:

(1) you tag the soon-to-be fact-checker bot under a comment or main thread, something like @fact_check_this_bot

(2) the bot cross-posts on this community page

(3) for the future, given sufficient answers to the post (maybe we can control that with flairs or something), the bot can also nudge back the person who requested the fact checking

(4) will share the code for the bot so that others can replicate this on their own instances, now thinking of forking this one: https://github.com/SleeplessOne1917/lemmy-bot

Of course, people will still be able to make their own posts, this bot is just meant to make it easier, faster, and more organized.

I haven’t gotten started yet, hardly skimmed through the github repo of the lemmy bot. So if you have any ideas or pointers, please let me know!

  • ???@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Thanks for the offer, I might add you later. Some tips to get started would be really appreciated.

    I’m a programmer as well, so if you want any help let me know.

      • ???@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I was checking which base module to depend on, seems like your code is also using the lemmy-bot module. The issue with that now is that it’s got parts not working and some issues already posted on its github page. I’ve forked it to see what could be changed. Would be nice to ask if it’s possible to contribute there.

        I’m also thinking of trying something like this out: https://github.com/db0/pythorhead. TypeScript is fun but python is more flexible.

        Anyway I DMed you if you want to talk about this so we don’t clutter this thread since it was originally meant to get ideas about what functionalities the bot could do.

      • ???@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Eh shit, I wrote a comment here but looks like it was eventually lost when the lemmy update on lemm.world rolled back…

        Please DM me if you wanna talk more about this. This post is meant to collect ideas for the bot, so I don’t want to clutter the discussion here.

      • ???@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Cool, I’m at work atm but I promise to take a look as soon as possible. My initial goal is to try to have a PoC bot running before the 1st of July.

        • Rooki@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Nice! Thanks! I dont think that your bot will take so long tbh! My guess would rather be in max 3 days it is running base.

        • Rooki@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Ok i made huge progress :) The newest version has auto post, commands ( global, community only, mod only ), auto mod ( Remove or Ban User ).

          For your purpose i could imagine a global command like @fact check. And then you can crosspost the post :).

          • ???@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Hi, thanks for the help. This is exactly the purpose I posted in the original thread. I’ll take a look but will likely build my own. If your repo is good, I’ll fork it.